eBlue, Sacra Blue Online Magazine

Jan 2003 — Issue 246	*Sacra Blue* is available in Adobe's Acrobat PDF format. Right-click on the Sacra Blue link (1.2MB, 10Min@56K) and select "Save Target\|Link As...". Print these pages and read them whenever, and wherever, at your leisure.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION
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The eBlue staff, disclaimer, and copyright information

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Writing for Sacra Blue
The Sacra Blue Writer’s Kit details our style guidelines

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SPCUG’s Web site

LOCAL MEDIA LINKS
California Computer News
Sacramento’s general- purpose computing magazine

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Links to Sacramento-area TV and radio stations

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Sacramento’s daily newspaper

REGIONAL MEDIA LINKS
Computer Currents
The Bay Area general- purpose computing magazine

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The Bay Area high-tech mag

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The Silicon Valley’s newspaper

The Gate
The San Francisco news site

MAGAZINE SITES
- BYTE.com
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- PC Week
- PC World
- Windows Magazine
- ZDNet

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December's Presentations
Sierra Software FileAmigo, Wi-Fi Hardware, and Internet Shopping

SPCUG's Business
A review of the business portion of December's Main Meeting.

Feature Articles

Understanding CD Technology
CD-R and CD-RW disks, and methods of recording.

—John C. Lee

How Modems Function
Analog modem development and DSL.

—John Hunt

Why Doesn't It Work?
You did something and now you need to fix it.

—Brian K. Lewis

What's In a Name?
Network Name Resolution Methods

—Shane Hicks

Perils of a "Newbie"
Joining the computer-user community.

—Colleen Otterstrom

Guest Contributions

Bayesian Statistics
Statists used to draw conclusions and make decisions.

—Tony Barcellos

Use Your CD Drive More Productively
Use your burner.

—Ira Wilsker

SOHO Network Basics
Computers and Security

—John Woody

Has Congress Rediscovered Fair Use?
Should copyright holders be permitted to disrupt computers?

—Bill Wood

Working Without a Net
Commentaries on software rage.

—K. Joyce McDonald

Columns

Prez.Com
President's Thoughts
Membership Program

—Milt Hull

Web Site's Worth a Look
Interesting Sites!
Fun, History, Curiosity

—Tom Anderson

The Volunteer Page
A New Group Function
2003 Volunteer Activity

—Stan Morris

Solutions

Tech Talk
Multiple Computers

—Milt Hull

Reviews

Product Review
Microsoft Office XP
AbiWord

Hardcopy
PageMaker 7: Classroom in a Book
Edited by Sacra Blue Staff

Chapter and SIG Reports
Davis Chapter
Orangevale/Folsom Chapter
Digital Imaging

Et Cetera
Steering Committee Notes
Mentor List (Password Req'd)
Consultants' Corner

This page prepared by:

Brian Smither